Method op arranging fly-wheels



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

HORTON B. BECK, OF WOLCOTT, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO LYMAN T. SNEDAKER, OF GLYDE, NEW YORK.

METHOD OF ARRANGING FLY-WHEELS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 81,935, dated April 2, 1861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HoR'roN B. BECK, of lVolcott, in the county of Wayne and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Device for Regulating the Motion of Clockwork and other Machinery; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a sideelevation, a part of the side frame being broken away, to show the Vworking parts; Fig. 2, is a plan view, showing the mechanism as applied to propelling a churn; Fig. 3, is a view of the friction rollers and lever brake K, shown detached from the other parts.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the gures.

The object of my invention is to make use of a light fly-wheel, run at a high rate of speed-greater than that of any part of the working train or machinery, to which it is applied, lin combination with an adjustable rolling brake, or its equivalent, for varying the motion of the machinery as occasion may train of more or less gearing out of the working therefrom.

As represented in the drawings, A, is a box or frame, in which is placed the ordinary mechanism of clockwork,-B being the coiled spring which drives the wheel C, which gears with pinion cl, on the shaftof wheel E; the power being continued through a series of wheels and pinions, as many being employed as may be necessary to obtain the rate of speed desired.

A fly wheel F receives its velocity by gearing (most properly) from the shaft G, which has the highest speed in the working train, the amount of separate or independent gearing being sufficient to communicate the required or desired speed to said fly wheel.

A rim or disk H, is also provided on the shaft of wheel E, or in any other part of the train near the driving power, the nearer, other things being equally suitable and convenient, the better; which disk may be connected with the side of the wheel or otherwise. It has a true and smooth periphery, against which the friction pulley j, presses. This pulley has its bearings in the short arm of the bent lever K, which has its fulcrum This high speed is produced by a` train, but receiving its motion I on the pivot m, on which it vibrates. The force of the pressure of pulley y', on the disk H, is regulated by the hand screw L, which bears upon the long arm of the lever in such a manner that the pressure is increased or diminished instantly according to the direction in which it is turned. By adjusting this pressure to suit the purpose, the speed of the motion imparted by spring B, to the train of wheels, may be accurately and instantly regulated, and in connection with the arrangement of the fly wheel F, a most perfect government over the motion of the machine is obtained, even until the driving power ceases to act, for as its force is diminished, the reduction of pressure by turning the screw L, together with the momentum of wheel F, keeps the motion suiiiciently uniformv for all practical purposes.

The rolling pressure of pulley y' acts without wear and tear to the parts of the mechanism, taking effect so gradually and steadily in reducing a high rate of speed as not to endanger the teeth of the gearing. In itsapplication as a regulator where clockwork or other mechanical power is employed for domestic purposes, it supplies a deticieney long felt, as the simplicity of the device and its management, enables females, and others least experienced in machinery, to use it with convenience and success. It is adapted to other kinds of motive power than that described, such as animal, wind and water power, when applied to churning, pumping and other domestic purposes.

In the drawings, N, represents a churn as connected with the driving shaft G, which is provided with a simple coupling by which it is easily connected with or disconnected from other machines, whether portable or stationary.

VVhat I claim as my invention .and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The employment of a comparatively light fly-wheel F, made to produce the required eHect by running it at a higher rate of speed than that of any part of the working train or machinery, in combination with an adjust-able rolling-pressure brake H, j, K, L,

or its equivalent, for varying the machinery, substantially as and for the purposes 

